Brake lever



April 1, 1 25.

S. 0. WHITE BRAKE LEVER Original Filed July 18, 1 923 INVENTOR. Samuel 0. White,

ATTORNEYJ Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL 0, \VHITE, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 WARNER GEAR COMPANY, 1

OF MUNCIE, INDIANA, A CORPORATIONDF INDIANAi BRAKE LEVER.

Original application filed July 18, 1923, Serial No. 652,268. Divided and this application filed May 26,

' i 1924. Serial No. 715,938.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. WVHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Brake Lever, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hand levers and is particularly applicable to hand levers for operating the brake mechanism for automobiles.

For the purpose of disclosing my invention I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawing in which 7 Fig. l is a side elevation of so much of a transmission casing as is necessary for understanding my invention, and a side elevation of my improved form of hand lever; Fig. 2 is a detail section of the stud mounting for the hand lever, and

Fig. 3 is a detail section of the lever dog. In the embodiment illustrated, the trans mission casing 1 is provided with a gear shifting lever frame 2 which is'bolted on the top of the casing and carries the gear shifter lever. This frame has secured to one side thereof, a brake lever stud 3 on which is pivotally mounted the brake lever 4. This lever, at its lower end, is provided with an offset socket member 5 having formed therein a vertically extending socket (3 in which is adapted to reciprocate adog 7 sector 8. This brake sector is secured by suitable bolts 9, to one side of the transmission casing and is spaced apart therefrom to permit the lower end of the brake lever 4 to lie between the sector 8 and the side of the casing. Due to the fact that the socket 6 is in an offset portion of the brake lever at its lower end, the dog 7 will, when the parts are assembled, be directly under the brake sector 8. The lever 4 is also pro vided with a second offset lug 10 which may be drilled to form an eye for the reception of a connecting means extending between the lever and the brake. The lower end of the brake lever is provided with an eye 11, by means of which a link for operating the brake mechanism may be connected with the lover. The connection points 10 and 11 provide alternative points for the connection of arranged to engage the teeth of the brake the brake operating rod orlink, depending upon conditions. i

The dog 7 is urged upwardly and into. an engaging position with respect to the sector 8 by means of an operating rod 12, the lower end of which isturned at right angles, as at 13, and engages in an opening inthe dog,- the wall of the'socket 6 being provided with a longitudinal slot to accommodate this'portion 13. The rod extends upwardly and parallel with the brake lever, and at its upper end extends through a hollow handle 14 formed in the lever and has securedv at its top a thumb button 15 between which and a shoulder 16 inthehandlejis interposed a coil spring 17 which urges the rodin a direction to cause the dog to engage the teeth of the brake sector. At the point where the rod passes the hub of the brake lever,it is held 1n position. against lateral deflection between a pair thereby prevent the portion 13 from mg detached from the dog.

This application is a division of my 00-' pending application for improvement in becomtransmissions, filed July 18, 1923, Serial'No.

I claim as my invention: 1. The combination with a transmission of guide lugs 18 which casing, of. an arcu'ate toothed segment mounted on one side of: said casing and spaced apart therefrom, a brake lever piv0ted on said casing having a socket at its lower end, a dog vertically movable in said socket and arranged to co-operate with said. segment, an operating rod for said dog extending parallel with said lever and having its upper 'end projecting through an open ing in the handle of said lever, a retaining spring tending to urge said rod in a direction to cause the dog to engage the teeth of said segment, said rod having a transversely extending projection at'its lower end engaging said dog, and a guide member near the lower end of saidlever for said rod to maintain the same against-lateral displacement and thereby hold the projection into engagement with the dog.

2. The combination with a transmission casing, of a toothed segment mounted on one side thereof and spaced apart therefrom, a brake lever pivotally mounted at one side of said casing having an offset portion at its lower end and an offset handle portion at its upper end, said lower offset being provided with a vertically extending socket having a vertical slot in one wall thereof, a

dog slid-ably mounted in said socket and adaptedtowengagethe teeth of said segment,

an operating rod' having a" transverselyex tending pin engaging said dog and slidable in said slot, the upper. end of said rodbei'ng" arranged to pass through, an opening in-the handle ofthe lever,"a coil spring surround- 1 ing said rod and arranged within said I handle-andninterposed betweena-slioulder said handle and an OPBl'fltlIlgbL-lttOTl on sand rod and tending to urge the rod in direction to cause the dogto engage the teeth-of the segment and a guide; member nearthe; lower end of sa d lever for sa d rod to pre vent lateral displaeem-entof the rod andhold the projection thereon in engagement with thedogw v Bl T-he combination with a transn'iissioncasing,- of an arcuate toothed segment mounted on one; side; of: said casing; and j spaced apart therefrom, a brake lever pivoted on said casinghaving: a socket at itslower end arranged-beneath said segment,- a dogrvertieally movablell 'lj'sa'ld 'soek'et for oo-opera-tion with saidsegment, an oper- "ating rod for? saidi'dog extending} parallel ,with said lever; and having a-transversely extending portion at its lower end engaging:

said dog. Q

1 4:. The combination with a'transnrijssion easing, of an areuate" toothed segment f mounted "on one side of said easing iand spacedaparttherefrom, a 'brake lever pivoted; on said easi n'gahaving: oitset and a socket in said offset immediately beneath said segment, a dog-I vertically: movable in lower end provided with a vertically extending socket-having;a=; vertiea'lslot in one wallthereof; a dog? slidably mounted in said socketand adapted to 1 engage the teeth ofsaid v segment and an operating rod extend ing parallel with said lever and having atransversely extending pin engaging said dog and-slidable insaid slot.

6. 1 The combinationwith a transmission easlng, of a toothed segln'ent moiinted onv said casing having-anoffset portion atits one sidethereof and spaced apart therefrom,- a-brake lever pivotally mounted at one side of said easing:andhaving its-lower end extending between the casing and't-he segment and having an offset-portion atits lower end provided with a vertically extending soe-ket, adog slidably mounted in said socket and adapted toengagethe teeth of said-segment andan operating r'od extend ing parallel-with the lever for operating said dog. i I I a In witness whereofll; SAMEELfl O. lVi-I'ITE, have hereunto set myhandat'M'unoie, Indi ana,'this 23rd day of May, A. Dione thou sand nine hundred and twenty-four.

' AM I 0 WHIT 

